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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-04 07:02:35 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-04 07:02:35 -0400
commit42390cdec5f6e6e2ee54f308474a6ef7dd16aa5c (patch)
treee9684c84f53272319a5acd4b9c86503f30274a51 /include/linux/capability.h
parent11c231a962c740b3216eb6565149ae5a7944cba7 (diff)
parentd210baf53b699fc61aa891c177b71d7082d3b957 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/x2apic
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/capability.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/capability.h15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 02673846d205..9d1fe30b6f6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -503,8 +503,19 @@ extern const kernel_cap_t __cap_init_eff_set;
503 503
504kernel_cap_t cap_set_effective(const kernel_cap_t pE_new); 504kernel_cap_t cap_set_effective(const kernel_cap_t pE_new);
505 505
506int capable(int cap); 506/**
507int __capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap); 507 * has_capability - Determine if a task has a superior capability available
508 * @t: The task in question
509 * @cap: The capability to be tested for
510 *
511 * Return true if the specified task has the given superior capability
512 * currently in effect, false if not.
513 *
514 * Note that this does not set PF_SUPERPRIV on the task.
515 */
516#define has_capability(t, cap) (security_capable((t), (cap)) == 0)
517
518extern int capable(int cap);
508 519
509#endif /* __KERNEL__ */ 520#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
510 521